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Social Studies Economics: Paris Climate Conference
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Social Studies Economics: Paris Climate Conference
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25 Questions

1. no enforcement

2. What was the key sticking point in the negotiation?

3. What was the most important pledge of the Paris Agreement?

4. success - each country calculated its own

5. Why might Canada see a rise of 3-4 in the not too distant future?

6. Why was it so important to negotiators that any agreement be legally binding at some point?

7. How much has Canada pledged to invest in clean technology research and development over the next five years?

8. No mention of global carbon tax

9. Why was the Paris climate conference considered a turning point in the world's approach to climate change?

10. How can the oil industry preserve its place in the Canadian economy? What radical shift will oil industry executives have to initiate as Canada moves away from a fossil fuel-oriented economy?

11. How many nations fully agreed climate change was a real issue and action was needed

12. What was 'Action Day'

13. INDCs

14. Why was it so important for the governments of the world to send youth delegations to the conference? What perspective would they bring to the negotiations?

15. What evidence does the CBC's Wendy Mesley present that supports the idea of climate change as an ancient prophecy?

16. agreement fails to include major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions such as

17. Going into the Paris conference, what was Canada's emissions reduction target?

18. What was the goal of the international conference on climate change held in Paris in December 2015?

19. Date of Paris climate conference

20. Identify two (2) of the goals of Canada's youth delegation at the climate conference?

21. nations have agreed to review and ideally strengthen commitments

22. Why does Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall oppose a national carbon tax?

23. Why does Vancouver need to worry about rising sea levels?

24. 0.5 degree Celsius different could result in the

25. Nations agreed that we must limit human-caused global warming to no more than (degrees Celsius)